COLLEGE NOTES

Around the region

• Six UConn baseball players earned All-American Athletic Conference honors. Left-handed pitcher Mason Feole was named the conference's rookie pitcher of the year after posting a team-high seven wins and a 3.10 earned run average. He also made the first team as did teammate Tim Cate, a pitcher. Pitcher Wills Montgomerie, shortstop Anthony Prato, third baseman Willy Yahn and reliever John Russell made the second team. Russell, who led the AAC in saves with a program-record 14, played at UConn Avery Point before moving on to Storrs. UConn, the third seed, begins AAC tournament play against sixth-seeded Cincinnati on Tuesday afternoon in Clearwater, Fla. The Huskies are the defending champions. • Central Connecticut State University freshmen Buddy Dewaine and TT Bowens, two former Montville teammates, will be back in southeastern Connecticut this week playing in the Northeast Conference Championship tournament at Dodd Stadium in Norwich. Dewaine, an outfielder, has appeared in 42 games for the Blue Devils, batting .301 with one home run and 23 RBI. Bowens, an infielder, is batting .244 with four home runs and 30 RBI in 41 games. Senior pitcher Andrew Hinckley (2-1, 3.00 earned run average) started his college career at UConn Avery Point. Second-seeded CCSU (33-20) opens conference tournament play Thursday against No. 4 Wagner (21-26). No. 1 Bryant (29-24), the regular season champion, and fourth-seeded Sacred Heart (21-34) are the other teams in the field. Norwich Free Academy graduate Joe Paparelli (two homers, six RBI) is a reserve outfielder for Bryant. • East Lyme High School graduate Francis Shields served as captain of the St. Lawrence University golf team. He was one of the team's five qualifiers in the Liberty League Championship. St. Lawrence finished fifth overall. Shields graduated on Sunday. • For the third straight season, The College of New Jersey's Elizabeth Morrison of Stonington has received Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Association All-American First Team honors. She helps anchor the nation's top scoring defense in Division III, allowing just 3.05 goals per game. Morrison had a team-best five ground balls and five caused turnovers in an 8-4 win over defending national champion Middlebury on Sunday in the NCAA Regional final. She will play in the national semifinals on Saturday, as No. 1 TCNJ (181) faces Washington and Lee University in Salem, Va. • Old Lyme's Hanna De Bruyn, a junior member of the Bates College rowing team, earned All-NESCAC academic honors. Hamilton senior Devin White of Stonington also made the all-conference academic list. • UConn senior Kevin Foster of East Lyme will compete in the javelin at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field East Preliminary Championship starting Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky. Foster is seeded 10th in the event.

Tracking the Bears

• Several Bears were honored during the Coast Guard Academy Athletic Department Awards Ceremony last week. Derek Victory (football) and Nikole Barnes (sailing) won the most outstanding senior male and female athlete, respectively. They also both earned the Paul Duddy Award for the senior athletes that best represent Coast Guard athletics on and off the field. Alex Lane (men's soccer) received the Tommy Award for the most inspirational senior male athlete and also won the Roger K. Guyas Comeback Award after returning to action from a serious injury. The Captain Lee H. Baker Award for most inspirational senior female athlete went to Katie Clark (women's soccer). J.D. Dunaway (football) was named the Captain Paul F. Foye Memorial Unsung Hero award winner. The Connecticut American Legion award for most improved male and female athlete over four years went to Dan Fiorvanti (wrestling) and Bonny Turnage (cross country, track), respectively. Freshmen Riley McNulty (lacrosse) and Courtney McKenna (softball) earned CGA Fourth Class Rookie of the Year honors. • Third baseman Courtney McKenna was named National Fastpitch Coaches' Association First Team All-Region. She represented the New England region and became the 13th CGA player to earn that honor. McKenna led the Bears in seven different offensive categories. She ranked first in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference in batting average at .495, falling one point short of tying the program's single-season record. • Junior Darius Adams, who recently broke his own school record in the long jump, has qualified to compete in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship starting Thursday in Ohio. He set the new mark of 24 feet, 5.75 inches, while winning the New England Championship on May 12. At the time, it was the fifth-best distance in the nation.

Camel highlights

• Connecticut College honored its departing athletes during its Senior Athletic Awards luncheon on Saturday. Amanda Proulx (women's soccer) and Patrick Devlin (men's soccer) were named recipients of the Anita L. DeFrantz award while Valerie Urban (women's swimming) and Mike Fothergill (men's swimming) took home the Brown/Brooks award. Brian Belisle (men's hockey) was honored with the Erica M. Bos award. • Sixty-four Camels made the All-New England Small College Athletic Conference spring all-academic team. Jillian Brigandi (women's tennis), Haley Crimmins (women's lacrosse), Lauren Kennedy (women's track), Maximilian King (men's lacrosse), Austin DiMartino (men's track), Dan Ross (rowing) and Charlie Williams (men's tennis) were All-NESCAC sportsmanship team award winners. • Bella Franz is ending her career in style, competing in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Counting both track and cross country seasons, it will be her school-best seventh trip to the NCAAs. She will run in the 1,500 meter trials on Thursday, with hopes of advancing to the finals on Saturday. In last year's NCAA track championship, Franz placed ninth in 4 minutes, 35.80 seconds, and just missed All-American honors. Sophomore Scott Mason has qualified for the NCAA men's competition for the first time in the 3,000 steeplechase. He'll compete in the trials on Thursday. The last Camel to participate in that event on the national level was Michael LeDuc, who captured his second steeplechase title in 2014.

— Gavin Keefe